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  The Rotary Eye Bank
Out of a total 35,000 eyes received in the year 2008 by eye banks throughout country through eye donations, only a third meet all the criteria of medical standards, as per the requirement for quality control of eye banks.

The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank seeks to provide a sustainable solution to the problem of corneal blindness, which affects 2.5 to 3.0 million persons in India. The initiative of the Rotary District 3000 under the matching grants programme funded the establishment of the eye bank. It collects, evaluates, processes and distributes viable corneal tissues for corneal transplant surgeons. The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank - Madurai was officially set up in the year 1998 and is one of the 7 eye banks in the country affiliated to the International Federation of Eye Banks (IFEB), which stipulates stringent standards of quality for corneas used in transplants.

Aravind - IOB Eye bank, Coimbatore
Aravind Eye Bank was started on 28th January, 2005 with Dr,V.Narendrans as the Medical Director. Mr. M. Shanmugam, Deputy General Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Coimbatore, inaugurated Aravind IOB Eye Bank. Dr.P.Namperumalsamy, Mr.G.Srinivasan, Dr.PDG Pratap Gokul Das, Rotary International District 3200 and Lion MJF.Sarathamani Palaniswamy were a few of the others who participated in the inaugural function. Several awareness creation programmes were also organised on various significant dates to initiate and motivate people for eye donation.

Rotary Aravind Eye Bank, Tirunelveli
Rotary Aravind Eye Bank, Tirunelveli was started on 28th May 2004 in collaboration with the Rotary Foundation R.I.Districts 3210 and 5750, Rotary Club of North West Oklahoma City USA, Rotary Club of South Oklahoma City, USA, Rotary Club of Tirunelveli West, India. The Rotary Aravind Eye Bank MG Project #23486 supported with initial grant.

Aravind Eye Bank Association of Pondicherry
Eye Bank was started on 19th December 2005 and it is registered with EBAI. Dr.Tiruvengada Krishnan is the Medical Director of Eye Bank. It coveres Chinnasalem, Chidambaram, Neyveli Lignite Nagar, Panruti, Virdhachalam, Villupuram, Vikravandi, Nelikuppam, Ulunthurpet, Sethyathoppu, Sankarapuram, and Thyagadurgam.

Functions of Eye Bank:
  • Procurement of eyes
  • Processing of eyeballs
  • Distribution of Corneal tissues
  • Training to Eye Bank technicians & corneal surgeons
  • Promote public relation activities
  • Provide eye tissues for Training & Research
PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - MADURAI
Year Eyes Recovered Used For Transplantation
1998 253 138
1999 781 443
2000 851 485
2001 859 408
2002 1471 553
2003 1420 495
2004 1515 562
2005 1610 530
2006 1752 668
2007

1,759

618

2008

1,961

610

Total 14,232 5510

PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - COIMBATORE
Year Eyes Recovered Used For Transplantation
1997 32 20
1998 162 127
1999 185 155
2000 208 161
2001 284 167
2002 404 164
2003 415 163
2004 367 207
2005 438 272

2006

730

338

2007

792

307

2008

1068

370

Total 5085 2451

PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - TIRUNELVELI
Year Eyes Recovered Used For Transplantation
2004 22 9
2005 44 13
2006 62 34
2007 36 31
2008 82 52
Total 246 139

PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - PONDICHERRY
Year Eyes Recovered Used For Transplantation
2004 98 19
2005 128 70
2006 126 101
2007 198 107
2008 248 123
Total 798 420